SMS Message Processing Method for Mobile Terminal and Mobile Terminal

ABSTRACT

A short message service (SMS) message processing method for a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal, where an SMS message Favorites bar is added to an SMS message interaction interface such that when sending or receiving an SMS message, a user can tap the SMS message Favorites bar on a current user SMS message interaction interface. The method includes receiving a first touch operation on a Favorites button, obtaining a Favorite SMS message from storage space of the mobile terminal according to the first touch operation, and displaying the obtained Favorite SMS message on a touchscreen.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.15/523,605 filed on May 1, 2017, which is a National Stage ofInternational Patent Application No. PCT/CN2014/089941 filed on Oct. 30,2014. All of the afore-mentioned patent applications are herebyincorporated by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to short message service(SMS) message processing technologies for mobile terminals, and inparticular, to an SMS message processing method for a mobile terminaland a mobile terminal.

BACKGROUND

With development of science and technologies, various types of mobileterminals, for example, mobile phones, have been basically popular andbring great convenience to daily life of people. A mobile phone is usedas an example. A user may make a call and send and receive SMS messagesusing the mobile phone, or a user may use various application programsof the mobile phone. In other approaches, when a user A sends an SMSmessage to a user B using a mobile phone, or in a process in which auser A receives, using a mobile phone, an SMS message sent by a user B,the user A may need to view a record of historical SMS messages added toFavorites previously. In this case, the user A needs to switch themobile phone to an SMS message Favorites interface, open an SMS messageFavorites folder, and view content of a Favorite SMS message from theSMS message Favorites folder, and then make the mobile phone return toan SMS message sending interface.

It can be known from the above that, in a method for viewing a FavoriteSMS message in a process of sending or receiving an SMS message,switching needs to be repeatedly performed between different userinterfaces, and consequently when the Favorite SMS message is viewed, anoperation process is complex.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an SMS message processingmethod for a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal in order to resolve aproblem of complexity of an operation process because in an existing SMSmessage sending or receiving process, switching needs to be repeatedlyperformed between user interfaces to view a Favorite SMS message.

To achieve the foregoing objective, the following technical solutionsare used in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

According to a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides an SMS message processing method for a mobile terminal, wherethe method is applied to an SMS message interaction interface of themobile terminal, and the mobile terminal includes a touchscreen, wherethe SMS message interaction interface includes a recipient name, an SMSmessage text box, and an SMS message Favorites bar, and the SMS messageFavorites bar includes a Favorites button, and the method includesreceiving a first touch operation on the Favorites button, obtaining aFavorite SMS message from storage space of the mobile terminal accordingto the first touch operation, and displaying the obtained Favorite SMSmessage on the touchscreen.

In a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, withreference to the first aspect, the SMS message Favorites bar is locatedat a top of the SMS message interaction interface, a bottom of the SMSmessage interaction interface, or at one side of the SMS messageinteraction interface.

In a second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, withreference to the first aspect or the first possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, the SMS message interaction interfacefurther includes a historical SMS message of the mobile terminal, andthe historical SMS message is an SMS message received or sent by themobile terminal before a current moment, and the method further includesreceiving a second touch operation on a historical SMS message, wherethe second touch operation is an operation of touching the historicalSMS message and dragging the historical SMS message to the SMS messageFavorites bar, and marking the historical SMS message as a Favorite SMSmessage according to the second touch operation.

In a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, withreference to any one of the first aspect to the second possibleimplementation manner of the first aspect, displaying the obtainedFavorite SMS message on the touchscreen includes displaying the obtainedFavorite SMS message on a Favorites interface according to a time whenthe SMS message is generated, a content length of the SMS message, or arecipient name corresponding to the SMS message, where the Favoritesinterface is a part of the SMS message interaction interface, theFavorites interface covers the SMS message interaction interface, or theFavorites interface is independent of the SMS message interactioninterface.

In a fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, withreference to the third possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, the Favorites interface includes a search box, and the methodfurther includes obtaining information about a recipient entered to thesearch box, and displaying a Favorite SMS message corresponding to therecipient on the Favorites interface.

In a fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, withreference to any one of the first aspect to the fourth possibleimplementation manner of the first aspect, the Favorite SMS message isdisplayed on the SMS message Favorites bar in a thumbnail form, and themethod further includes receiving a third touch operation on a firstthumbnail on the SMS message Favorites bar, where the third touchoperation is an operation of tapping the first thumbnail, and displayingcomplete content of an SMS message corresponding to the first thumbnailon the touchscreen according to the third touch operation.

In a sixth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, withreference to the fifth possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, the method further includes receiving a fourth touch operationon a second thumbnail on the SMS message Favorites bar, where the fourthtouch operation is an operation of touching the second thumbnail anddragging the second thumbnail out of the SMS message Favorites bar,deleting a Favorites identifier of an SMS message corresponding to thesecond thumbnail from the storage space of the mobile terminal accordingto the fourth touch operation, and cancelling displaying of the secondthumbnail on the SMS message Favorites bar.

According to a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a mobile terminal, where the mobile terminal includes atouchscreen, an SMS message interaction interface of the mobile terminalincludes a recipient name, an SMS message text box, and an SMS messageFavorites bar, and the SMS message Favorites bar includes a Favoritesbutton, and the mobile terminal further includes a receiving unitconfigured to receive a first touch operation on the SMS message button,an obtaining unit configured to obtain a Favorite SMS message fromstorage space of the mobile terminal according to the first touchoperation received by the receiving unit, and a display unit configuredto display, on the touchscreen, the Favorite SMS message obtained by theobtaining unit.

In a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, withreference to the second aspect, the SMS message Favorites bar is locatedat a top of the SMS message interaction interface, a bottom of the SMSmessage interaction interface, or at one side of the SMS messageinteraction interface.

In a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, withreference to the second aspect or the first possible implementationmanner of the second aspect, the SMS message interaction interfacefurther includes a historical SMS message of the mobile terminal, andthe historical SMS message is an SMS message received or sent by themobile terminal before a current moment. The receiving unit is furtherconfigured to receive a second touch operation on a historical SMSmessage, where the second touch operation is an operation of touchingthe historical SMS message and dragging the historical SMS message tothe SMS message Favorites bar, and the mobile terminal further includesa Favorites unit configured to mark the historical SMS message as aFavorite SMS message according to the second touch operation.

In a third possible implementation manner of the second aspect, withreference to any one of the second aspect to the second possibleimplementation manner of the second aspect, the display unit is furtherconfigured to display the obtained Favorite SMS message on a Favoritesinterface according to a time when the SMS message is generated, acontent length of the SMS message, or a recipient name corresponding tothe SMS message, where the Favorites interface is a part of the SMSmessage interaction interface, the Favorites interface covers the SMSmessage interaction interface, or the Favorites interface is independentof the SMS message interaction interface.

In a fourth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, withreference to the third possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, the Favorites interface includes a search box, and the receivingunit is further configured to obtain information about a recipient thatis entered to the search box, and the display unit is further configuredto display an SMS message corresponding to the recipient on theFavorites interface.

In a fifth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, withreference to any one of the second aspect to the fourth possibleimplementation manner of the second aspect, the Favorite SMS message isdisplayed on the SMS message Favorites bar in a thumbnail form, and thereceiving unit is further configured to receive a third touch operationon a first thumbnail on the SMS message Favorites bar, where the thirdtouch operation is an operation of tapping the first thumbnail, and thedisplay unit is further configured to display complete content of an SMSmessage corresponding to the first thumbnail on the touchscreenaccording to the third touch operation.

In a sixth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, withreference to the fifth possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, the receiving unit is further configured to receive a fourthtouch operation on a second thumbnail on the SMS message Favorites bar,where the fourth touch operation is an operation of touching the secondthumbnail and dragging the second thumbnail out of the SMS messageFavorites bar, and the mobile terminal further includes a deletion unitconfigured to delete a Favorites identifier of an SMS messagecorresponding to the second thumbnail from the storage space of themobile terminal according to the fourth touch operation, and canceldisplaying of the second thumbnail on the SMS message Favorites bar.

According to a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a mobile terminal, where the mobile terminal includes atouchscreen, a memory, and a processor, an SMS message interactioninterface of the mobile terminal includes a recipient name, an SMSmessage text box, and an SMS message Favorites bar, and the SMS messageFavorites bar includes a Favorites button, where the touchscreen isconfigured to receive a touch operation and display, under control ofthe processor, an image. The memory is configured to store data. Theprocessor is configured to receive a first touch operation on the SMSmessage button using the touchscreen, and the processor is furtherconfigured to obtain a Favorite SMS message from the memory according tothe received first touch operation, and display the obtained FavoriteSMS message on the touchscreen.

In a first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, withreference to the third aspect, the SMS message Favorites bar is locatedat a top of the SMS message interaction interface, or located at abottom of the SMS message interaction interface, or located at one sideof the SMS message interaction interface.

In a second possible implementation manner of the third aspect, withreference to the third aspect or the first possible implementationmanner of the third aspect, the SMS message interaction interfacefurther includes a historical SMS message of the mobile terminal, andthe historical SMS message is an SMS message received or sent by themobile terminal before a current moment, and the processor is furtherconfigured to receive a second touch operation on a historical SMSmessage using the touchscreen, where the second touch operation is anoperation of touching the historical SMS message and dragging thehistorical SMS message to the SMS message Favorites bar, and mark thehistorical SMS message as a Favorite SMS message according to the secondtouch operation.

In a third possible implementation manner of the third aspect, withreference to any one of the third aspect to the second possibleimplementation manner of the third aspect, the processor is furtherconfigured to display the obtained Favorite SMS message on a Favoritesinterface according to a time when the SMS message is generated, or acontent length of the SMS message, or a recipient name corresponding tothe SMS message, where the Favorites interface is a part of the SMSmessage interaction interface, or the Favorites interface covers the SMSmessage interaction interface, or the Favorites interface is independentof the SMS message interaction interface.

In a fourth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, withreference to the third possible implementation manner of the thirdaspect, the Favorites interface includes a search box, and the processoris further configured to obtain information about a recipient entered tothe search box, and display an SMS message corresponding to therecipient on the Favorites interface.

In a fifth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, withreference to any one of the third aspect to the fourth possibleimplementation manner of the third aspect, the Favorite SMS message isdisplayed on the SMS message Favorites bar in a thumbnail form, and theprocessor is further configured to receive a third touch operation on afirst thumbnail on the SMS message Favorites bar using the touchscreen,where the third touch operation is an operation of tapping the firstthumbnail, and display complete content of an SMS message correspondingto the first thumbnail on the touchscreen according to the third touchoperation.

In a sixth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, withreference to the fifth possible implementation manner of the thirdaspect, the processor is further configured to receive a fourth touchoperation on a second thumbnail on the SMS message Favorites bar usingthe touchscreen, where the fourth touch operation is an operation oftouching the second thumbnail and dragging the second thumbnail out ofthe SMS message Favorites bar, and delete a Favorites identifier of anSMS message corresponding to the second thumbnail from storage space ofthe mobile terminal according to the fourth touch operation, and canceldisplaying of the second thumbnail on the SMS message Favorites bar.

It can be known from the above that, the embodiments of the presentdisclosure provide an SMS message processing method for a mobileterminal and a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes atouchscreen. The SMS message interaction interface includes a recipientname, an SMS message text box, and an SMS message Favorites bar, wherethe SMS message Favorites bar includes a Favorites button. The methodincludes receiving a first touch operation on the Favorites button,obtaining a Favorite SMS message from storage space of the mobileterminal according to the first touch operation, and displaying theobtained Favorite SMS message on the touchscreen. Therefore, an SMSmessage Favorites bar is added to an SMS message interaction interfacesuch that when sending, receiving, or viewing an SMS message, a user maytap the SMS message Favorites bar on the current user SMS messageinteraction interface and view a record of historical SMS messages ofthe user such that when sending, receiving, or viewing an SMS message,the user can view a Favorite SMS message without performing switchingbetween SMS message interfaces, which resolves a problem that in anexisting SMS message sending, receiving, or viewing process, switchingneeds to be repeatedly performed between user interfaces to view contentof a Favorite SMS message, which causes relatively bad user experience.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure more clearly, the following briefly describes theaccompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments. Theaccompanying drawings in the following description show merely someembodiments of the present disclosure, and persons of ordinary skill inthe art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawingswithout creative efforts.

FIG. 1 shows an SMS message interaction interface according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an SMS message processing method for a mobileterminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 shows an SMS message interaction interface according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4A shows an SMS message interaction interface according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4B shows an SMS message interaction interface according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 shows an SMS message interaction interface according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6A is a structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6B is a structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6C is a structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to anembodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 7 is a structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to anembodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following clearly and completely describes the technical solutionsin the embodiments of the present disclosure with reference to theaccompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Thedescribed embodiments are merely some but not all of the embodiments ofthe present disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by persons ofordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the presentdisclosure without creative efforts shall fall within the protectionscope of the present disclosure.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an SMS message processingmethod, which is applicable to an SMS message interaction interface of amobile terminal. The mobile terminal may be a terminal device such as amobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, an ultra-mobilepersonal computer (UMPC), a netbook, or a personal digital assistant(PDA). As shown in FIG. 1, the SMS message interaction interfaceincludes a recipient name, an SMS message text box, and an SMS messageFavorites bar. The SMS message Favorites bar includes a Favoritesbutton. It should be noted that, the SMS message Favorites bar is afunction bar newly added to the existing SMS message interactioninterface and corresponds to an SMS message stored in the mobileterminal. The following describes, using specific embodiments, the SMSmessage processing method applied to the SMS message interactioninterface shown in FIG. 1.

EMBODIMENT 1

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an SMS message processing method for a mobileterminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shownin FIG. 2, the method may include the following steps.

Step 201: Receive a first touch operation on the Favorites button.

If it is detected that the Favorites button on an SMS message Favoritesbar is tapped, or it is detected that time for which the Favoritesbutton is touched is greater than or equal to a preset time threshold,it is determined that a user initiates the first touch operation on theFavorites button.

The preset time threshold may be set according to a need, which is notlimited in this embodiment of the present disclosure.

Step 202: Obtain a Favorite SMS message from storage space of the mobileterminal according to the first touch operation.

The user may add a received or sent SMS message to Favorites accordingto a need. The Favorite SMS message may be marked as “Favorite” andstored in the mobile terminal.

Step 203: Display the obtained Favorite SMS message on the touchscreen.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, locations of an SMSmessage text box and the SMS message Favorites bar on an SMS messageinteraction interface can be properly adjusted according to sizes of theSMS message text box and the SMS message Favorites bar on the SMSmessage interaction interface. For example, the SMS message Favoritesbar may be located at a top of the SMS message interaction interface, orthe SMS message Favorites bar may be located at a bottom of the SMSmessage interaction interface, or the SMS message Favorites bar may belocated at one side of the SMS message interaction interface.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, it may be furtherimplemented that a historical SMS message is added to Favorites on acurrent SMS message interaction interface in a shortcut manner. As shownin FIG. 3, the SMS message interaction interface further includes thehistorical SMS message of the mobile terminal, and the historical SMSmessage may be an SMS message received or sent by the mobile terminalbefore a current moment. The method may further include receiving asecond touch operation on a historical SMS message, where the secondtouch operation is an operation of touching the historical SMS messageand dragging the historical SMS message to the SMS message Favoritesbar, which is shown using an arrow A in FIG. 3, and marking thehistorical SMS message as a Favorite SMS message according to the secondtouch operation.

Further, in step 203, the obtained Favorite SMS message may be displayedon a Favorites interface according to a time when the SMS message isgenerated, or a content length of the SMS message, or a recipient namecorresponding to the SMS message.

The Favorites interface may be a part of the SMS message interactioninterface, which is shown in FIG. 4A, or may cover the SMS messageinteraction interface, which is shown in FIG. 4B, or may be independentof the SMS message interaction interface. In addition, because theFavorites interface is limited, when Favorite SMS messages arerelatively large in quantity, the Favorites interface cannot completelydisplay all the SMS messages. Therefore, to ensure that the user canview content of all the SMS messages, as shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B,one side of the Favorites interface includes a drop-down box, and thedrop-down box includes a drop-down bar such that the user pulls thedrop-down bar and performs tapping to view the SMS messages one by one.It should be noted that, the Favorites interface may not include adrop-down box and a drop-down bar. When wanting to view an SMS messagethat is not displayed on a current page, the user may directly slide ascreen downward, upward, to left, or to right.

Further, to display an SMS message related to only one recipient on theFavorites interface, as shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, the Favoritesinterface may include a search box. The method may further includeobtaining information about a recipient entered to the search box, anddisplaying a Favorite SMS message corresponding to the recipient on theFavorites interface.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, in this embodiment of the presentdisclosure, according to a habitual need of the user, the Favorite SMSmessage preferentially viewed may be further displayed on the SMSmessage Favorites bar in a thumbnail form such that the user accordinglyprocesses an SMS message corresponding to the thumbnail, which isimplemented as follows. Receiving a third touch operation on a firstthumbnail on the SMS message Favorites bar, where the third touchoperation is an operation of tapping the first thumbnail, and displayingcomplete content of an SMS message corresponding to the first thumbnailon the touchscreen according to the third touch operation.

Alternatively, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, theFavorite SMS message may be further deleted from Favorites, and athumbnail is deleted from the SMS message Favorites bar, which may beimplemented as follows. Receiving a fourth touch operation on a secondthumbnail on the SMS message Favorites bar, where the fourth touchoperation is an operation of touching the second thumbnail and draggingthe second thumbnail out of the SMS message Favorites bar, deleting aFavorites identifier of an SMS message corresponding to the secondthumbnail from the storage space of the mobile terminal according to thefourth touch operation, and cancelling displaying of the secondthumbnail on the SMS message Favorites bar.

According to a preset policy, N SMS messages may be selected from theFavorite SMS message, N thumbnails corresponding to the N SMS messagesare displayed in the SMS message Favorites bar, and a size of an areaoccupied by the N thumbnails is less than or equal to a size of an areaof the SMS message Favorites bar, where N is a positive integer.

The preset policy may be a time when the SMS message is generated, acontent length of the SMS message, or a recipient name corresponding tothe SMS message. Specific content on how to perform selection may be setaccording to a need of the user, which is not limited in this embodimentof the present disclosure.

It can be known from the above that, according to an SMS messageprocessing method for a mobile terminal according to this embodiment ofthe present disclosure, an SMS message Favorites bar is added to an SMSmessage interaction interface such that when sending, receiving, orviewing an SMS message, a user may tap the SMS message Favorites bar onthe current user SMS message interaction interface and view a record ofhistorical SMS messages of the user such that when sending, receiving,or viewing an SMS message, the user can view a Favorite SMS messagewithout performing switching between SMS message interfaces, whichresolves a problem that in an existing SMS message sending, receiving,or viewing process, switching needs to be repeatedly performed betweenuser interfaces to view content of a Favorite SMS message, which causescomplexity of an operation.

EMBODIMENT 2

FIG. 6A is a structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. The mobile terminal includes atouchscreen. An SMS message interaction interface of the mobile terminalincludes a recipient name, an SMS message text box, and an SMS messageFavorites bar. The SMS message Favorites bar includes a Favoritesbutton. As shown in FIG. 6A, the mobile terminal may further include areceiving unit 601 configured to receive a first touch operation on theSMS message button, an obtaining unit 602 configured to obtain aFavorite SMS message from storage space of the mobile terminal accordingto the first touch operation received by the receiving unit 601, and adisplay unit 603 configured to display, on the touchscreen, the FavoriteSMS message obtained by the obtaining unit 602.

Further, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, locations of theSMS message text box and the SMS message Favorites bar on the SMSmessage interaction interface can be properly adjusted according tosizes of the SMS message text box and the SMS message Favorites bar onthe SMS message interaction interface. The SMS message Favorites bar islocated at a top of the SMS message interaction interface, a bottom ofthe SMS message interaction interface, or at one side of the SMS messageinteraction interface.

The receiving unit 601 is further configured to determine that the userinitiates the first touch operation on the SMS message Favorites bar ifit is detected that time for which the user touches a location of theSMS message Favorites bar is greater than or equal to a preset timethreshold, or determine that the user initiates the first touchoperation on the SMS message Favorites bar if it is detected that theSMS message Favorites bar is tapped.

The preset time threshold may be set according to a need, which is notlimited in this embodiment of the present disclosure.

Further, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, it may be furtherimplemented that a historical SMS message of the mobile terminal isadded to Favorites on a current SMS message interaction interface in ashortcut manner. The SMS message interaction interface further includesthe historical SMS message of the mobile terminal, and the historicalSMS message is an SMS message received or sent by the mobile terminalbefore a current moment.

The receiving unit 601 is further configured to receive a second touchoperation on a historical SMS message, where the second touch operationis an operation of touching the historical SMS message and dragging thehistorical SMS message to the SMS message Favorites bar.

Correspondingly, as shown in FIG. 6B, with respect to the FIG. 6A, themobile terminal further includes a Favorites unit 604 configured to markthe historical SMS message as a Favorite SMS message according to thesecond touch operation.

The display unit 603 is further configured to display the obtainedFavorite SMS message on a Favorites interface according to a time whenthe SMS message is generated, a content length of the SMS message, or arecipient name corresponding to the SMS message, where the Favoritesinterface is a part of the SMS message interaction interface, or theFavorites interface covers the SMS message interaction interface, or theFavorites interface is independent of the SMS message interactioninterface.

The Favorites interface may be a part of the SMS message interactioninterface, which is shown in FIG. 4A, may cover the SMS messageinteraction interface, which is shown in FIG. 4B, or may be independentof the SMS message interaction interface. In addition, because theFavorites interface is limited, when Favorite SMS messages arerelatively large in quantity, the Favorites interface cannot completelydisplay all the SMS messages. Therefore, to ensure that the user canview content of all the SMS messages, as shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B,one side of the Favorites interface includes a drop-down box, and thedrop-down box includes a drop-down bar such that the user pulls thedrop-down bar and performs tapping to view the SMS messages one by one.

Further, to display an SMS message related to only one recipient on theFavorites interface, as shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B, the Favoritesinterface includes a search box.

Correspondingly, the receiving unit 601 is further configured to obtaininformation about a recipient entered to the search box, and the displayunit 603 is further configured to display an SMS message correspondingto the recipient on the Favorites interface.

As shown in FIG. 5, in this embodiment of the present disclosure,according to a habitual need of the user, content of the Favorite SMSmessage preferentially viewed may be further displayed on the SMSmessage Favorites bar in a thumbnail form such that the user accordinglytaps and touches a thumbnail and processes an SMS message correspondingto the thumbnail.

Correspondingly, the receiving unit 601 is further configured to receivea third touch operation on a first thumbnail on the SMS messageFavorites bar, where the third touch operation is an operation oftapping the first thumbnail, and the display unit 603 is furtherconfigured to display complete content of an SMS message correspondingto the first thumbnail on the touchscreen according to the third touchoperation.

According to a preset policy, N SMS messages may be selected from theFavorite SMS message, N thumbnails corresponding to the N SMS messagesare displayed in the SMS message Favorites bar, and a size of an areaoccupied by the N thumbnails is less than or equal to a size of an areaof the SMS message Favorites bar, where N is a positive integer.

The preset policy may be according to a time when the SMS message isgenerated, a content length of the SMS message, or a recipient namecorresponding to the SMS message. Specific content on how to performselection may be set according to a need of the user, which is notlimited in this embodiment of the present disclosure.

The receiving unit 601 is further configured to receive a fourth touchoperation on a second thumbnail on the SMS message Favorites bar, wherethe fourth touch operation is an operation of touching the secondthumbnail and dragging the second thumbnail out of the SMS messageFavorites bar.

As shown in FIG. 6C, the mobile terminal further includes a deletionunit 605 configured to delete a Favorites identifier of an SMS messagecorresponding to the second thumbnail from the storage space of themobile terminal according to the fourth touch operation, and canceldisplaying of the second thumbnail on the SMS message Favorites bar.

It can be known from the above that, this embodiment of the presentdisclosure provides a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal is configuredto implement the method process provided in the foregoing methodembodiment. For details of a working principle and a working process ofthe mobile terminal, refer to description in the foregoing methodembodiment. An SMS message Favorites bar is added to an SMS messageinteraction interface such that when sending, receiving, or viewing anSMS message, a user may tap the SMS message Favorites bar on the currentuser SMS message interaction interface and view a record of historicalSMS messages of the user such that when sending, receiving, or viewingan SMS message, the user can view a Favorite SMS message withoutperforming switching between SMS message interfaces, which resolves aproblem that in an existing SMS message sending, receiving, or viewingprocess, switching needs to be repeatedly performed between userinterfaces to view content of a Favorite SMS message, which causescomplexity of an operation.

EMBODIMENT 3

FIG. 7 is a structural diagram of a mobile terminal 70 according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. The mobile terminal 70 provided inthis embodiment of the present disclosure may be configured to implementthe method shown in the foregoing method embodiment. For ease ofdescription, only a part related to this embodiment of the presentdisclosure is shown, and for undisclosed specific technical details,refer to description in the foregoing method embodiment.

The mobile terminal 70 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, anotebook computer, a UMPC, a netbook, a PDA, or the like. FIG. 7 is ablock diagram of a partial structure of a mobile terminal 70 related toeach embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in FIG. 7, the mobile terminal 70 includes components such as atouchscreen 701, a memory 702, and a processor 703. A person skilled inthe art may understand that the structure of the mobile terminal 70shown in FIG. 7 does not constitute any limitation on the mobileterminal 70, and the mobile terminal 70 may include more components thanthose shown in the FIG. 7, or some components may be combined, or adifferent component deployment may be used.

The following further describes the components of the mobile terminal 70with reference to FIG. 7. The touchscreen 701 is referred to as a touchdisplay panel configured to implement input and output functions of themobile terminal 70. The touchscreen 701 may collect touch operations ofa user on or near the touchscreen 701, for example, an operationperformed by the user on the touchscreen 701 or near the touchscreen 701using any suitable object or accessory such as a finger or a stylus, anddrive a corresponding connection apparatus according to a presetprogram, and may be further configured to display information entered bythe user or information provided to the user and various menus in themobile terminal 70. Optionally, the touchscreen 701 may include twoparts, a touch detection apparatus and a touch controller. The touchdetection apparatus detects a touch direction and position of the user,detects a signal caused by the touch operation, and transmits the signalto the touch controller. The touch controller receives touch informationfrom the touch detection apparatus, converts the touch information intocontact coordinates, then transmits the contact coordinates to theprocessor 703, and can receive a command sent by the processor 703 andexecute the command. When detecting the touch operation on or near thetouchscreen 701, the touchscreen 701 transmits a touch event to theprocessor 703 to determine a type of the touch event. Subsequently, theprocessor 703 provides corresponding visual output on a display screen701 according to the type of the touch event. In addition, thetouchscreen 701 may be implemented in various types such asresistance-type, capacitance-type, infrared, and surface acoustic wave.

The memory 702 may be configured to store data, a software program, anda module, and mainly include a program storage area and a data storagearea. The program storage area may store an operating system, anapplication program required by at least one function, such as a soundplayback function and an image playback function, and the like. The datastorage area may store data, such as audio data, image data, and a phonebook created according to use of the mobile terminal 70. In addition,the memory 702 may include a high-speed random access memory (RAM), andmay also include a non-volatile memory such as at least one disk storagedevice, a flash memory device, or another volatile solid-state storagedevice.

The processor 703 is a control center of the mobile terminal 70, and isconnected to various parts of the whole mobile terminal 70 using variousinterfaces and lines. By running or executing the software programand/or module stored in the memory 702, and invoking the data stored inthe memory 702, the processor 703 performs various functions and dataprocessing of the mobile terminal 70, thereby performing overallmonitoring on the mobile terminal 70. Optionally, the processor 703 mayinclude one or more processing units. Preferably, the processor 703 maybe integrated with an application processor and a modem processor. Theapplication processor mainly processes an operating system, a userinterface, an application program, and the like. The modem processormainly processes wireless communication. It may be understood that theforegoing modem processor may be not integrated into the processor 703.

Although not shown, the mobile terminal 70 may further include a WI-FImodule, a BLUETOOTH module, a power supply, for example, a battery forsupplying power to each component, and the like, and details are notdescribed herein.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the processor 703 isfurther configured to receive a first touch operation on the SMS messagebutton using the touchscreen 701, obtain a Favorite SMS message from thememory 702 of the mobile terminal 70 according to the received firsttouch operation, and display, on the touchscreen 701, the Favorite SMSmessage obtained by the memory 702.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, locations of an SMSmessage text box and an SMS message Favorites bar on an SMS messageinteraction interface can be properly adjusted according to sizes of theSMS message text box and the SMS message Favorites bar on the SMSmessage interaction interface. The SMS message Favorites bar is locatedat a top of the SMS message interaction interface, or located at abottom of the SMS message interaction interface, or located at one sideof the SMS message interaction interface.

The processor 703 is further configured to determine that the userinitiates the first touch operation on the SMS message Favorites bar ifit is detected that time for which the user touches a location of theSMS message Favorites bar is greater than or equal to a preset timethreshold. The preset time threshold may be set according to a need,which is not limited in this embodiment of the present disclosure.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, it may be furtherimplemented that a historical SMS message of the mobile terminal isadded to Favorites on a current SMS message interaction interface in ashortcut manner. The SMS message interaction interface further includesthe historical SMS message of the mobile terminal 70, and the historicalSMS message is an SMS message received or sent by the mobile terminal 70before a current moment. The processor 703 is further configured toreceive a second touch operation on a historical SMS message using thetouchscreen 701, where the second touch operation is an operation oftouching the historical SMS message and dragging the historical SMSmessage to the SMS message Favorites bar, and mark the historical SMSmessage as a Favorite SMS message according to the second touchoperation.

The processor 703 is further configured to display the obtained FavoriteSMS message on a Favorites interface according to a time when the SMSmessage is generated, a content length of the SMS message, or arecipient name corresponding to the SMS message.

The Favorites interface may be a part of the SMS message interactioninterface (which is shown in FIG. 4A), or may cover the SMS messageinteraction interface (which is shown in FIG. 4B), or may be independentof the SMS message interaction interface. In addition, because theFavorites interface is limited, when Favorite SMS messages arerelatively large in quantity, the Favorites interface cannot completelydisplay all the SMS messages. Therefore, to ensure that the user canview content of all the SMS messages, as shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B,one side of the Favorites interface includes a drop-down box, and thedrop-down box includes a drop-down bar such that the user pulls thedrop-down bar and performs tapping to view the SMS messages one by one.

Further, in order to display an SMS message related to only onerecipient on the Favorites interface, as shown in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B,the Favorites interface includes a search box.

Correspondingly, the processor 703 is further configured to obtain,using the touchscreen 701, information about a recipient entered to thesearch box, and display an SMS message corresponding to the recipient onthe Favorites interface.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, in this embodiment of the presentdisclosure, according to a habitual need of the user, content of theFavorite SMS message preferentially viewed may be further displayed onthe SMS message Favorites bar in a thumbnail form such that the useraccordingly taps and touches a thumbnail and processes an SMS messagecorresponding to the thumbnail.

Correspondingly, the processor 703 is further configured to receive athird touch operation on a first thumbnail on the SMS message Favoritesbar using the touchscreen 701, where the third touch operation is anoperation of tapping the first thumbnail, and display complete contentof an SMS message corresponding to the first thumbnail on thetouchscreen 701 according to the third touch operation.

According to a preset policy, N SMS messages may be selected from theFavorite SMS message, N thumbnails corresponding to the N SMS messagesare displayed in the SMS message Favorites bar, and a size of an areaoccupied by the N thumbnails is less than or equal to a size of an areaof the SMS message Favorites bar, where N is a positive integer.

Selecting, according to a preset policy, N SMS messages from theFavorite SMS message may be preferentially selecting N SMS messagesaccording to a time when the SMS message is generated, or a contentlength of the SMS message, or a recipient name corresponding to the SMSmessage. Specific content on how to perform selection may be setaccording to a need of the user, which is not limited in this embodimentof the present disclosure.

The processor 703 is further configured to receive a fourth touchoperation on a second thumbnail on the SMS message Favorites bar usingthe touchscreen 701, where the fourth touch operation is an operation oftouching the second thumbnail and dragging the second thumbnail out ofthe SMS message Favorites bar, and delete a Favorites identifier of anSMS message corresponding to the second thumbnail from storage space ofthe mobile terminal 70 according to the fourth touch operation, andcancel displaying of the second thumbnail on the SMS message Favoritesbar.

It can be known from the above that, this embodiment of the presentdisclosure provides a mobile terminal 70. An SMS message Favorites baris added to an SMS message interaction interface such that when sending,receiving, or viewing an SMS message, a user may tap the SMS messageFavorites bar on the current user SMS message interaction interface andview a record of historical SMS messages of the user such that whensending, receiving, or viewing an SMS message, the user can view aFavorite SMS message without performing switching between SMS messageinterfaces, which resolves a problem that in an existing SMS messagesending, receiving, or viewing process, switching needs to be repeatedlyperformed between user interfaces to view content of a Favorite SMSmessage, which causes complexity of an operation.

Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing embodiments are merelyintended for describing the technical solutions of the presentdisclosure, but not for limiting the present disclosure. Although thepresent disclosure is described in detail with reference to theforegoing embodiments, persons of ordinary skill in the art shouldunderstand that they may still make modifications to the technicalsolutions described in the foregoing embodiments or make equivalentreplacements to some technical features thereof, without departing fromthe scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the presentdisclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A message processing method for a mobileterminal, comprising: displaying, by the mobile terminal, a messageinteraction interface on a touchscreen of the mobile terminal at acurrent moment, wherein the message interaction interface comprises arecipient name corresponding to a first recipient, a first historicalmessage, a message text box, and a favorites button, wherein the firsthistorical message is received from or sent to the first recipientbefore the current moment, and wherein the message text box isconfigured for inputting a message; receiving, by the mobile terminal, afirst touch operation on the favorites button; obtaining, by the mobileterminal, at least one favorite message from a storage space of themobile terminal in response to the first touch operation; anddisplaying, by the mobile terminal, the obtained favorite message on thetouchscreen.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at leastone favorite message comprises a second historical message, and whereinthe second historical message is received by the mobile terminal beforethe current moment.
 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the atleast one favorite message comprises a second historical message, andwherein the second historical message is sent by the mobile terminalbefore the current moment.
 4. The method according to claim 1, whereindisplaying the obtained favorite message on the touchscreen comprisesdisplaying, by the mobile terminal, the obtained favorite message on afavorites interface, and wherein the favorites interface is a part ofthe message interaction interface.
 5. The method according to claim 1,wherein displaying the obtained favorite message on the touchscreencomprises displaying the obtained favorite message on a favoritesinterface, and wherein the favorites interface covers the messageinteraction interface.
 6. The method according to claim 1, whereindisplaying the obtained favorite message on the touchscreen comprisesdisplaying the obtained favorite message on a favorites interface, andwherein the favorites interface is independent of the messageinteraction interface.
 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein themessage interaction interface further comprises a message favorites bar,wherein the message favorites bar comprises the favorites button, andwherein the method further comprises: receiving, by the mobile terminal,a second touch operation on the first historical message, wherein thesecond touch operation is an operation of touching the first historicalmessage and dragging the first historical message to the messagefavorites bar; and marking, by the mobile terminal, the first historicalmessage as a favorite message according to the second touch operation.8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the message favorites bar islocated at a bottom of the message interaction interface.
 9. The methodaccording to claim 7, wherein the message favorites bar is located at atop of the message interaction interface.
 10. The method according toclaim 7, wherein the message favorites bar is located at one side of themessage interaction interface.
 11. A mobile terminal, comprising: atouchscreen; a memory coupled to the touchscreen, wherein the memorycomprises instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory and thetouchscreen, wherein the touchscreen is configured to: receive a touchoperation; and display, under control of the processor, an image,wherein the memory is configured to store data, and wherein theinstructions are executed by the processor and cause the mobile terminalto be configured to: display a message interaction interface on thetouchscreen at a current moment, wherein the message interactioninterface comprises a recipient name corresponding to a first recipient,a first historical message, a message text box, and a favorites button,wherein the first historical message is received from or sent to thefirst recipient before the current moment, and wherein the message textbox is used for inputting a message; receive a first touch operation onthe favorites button using the touchscreen; obtain at least one favoritemessage from the memory in response to the first touch operation; anddisplay the obtained favorite message on the touchscreen.
 12. The mobileterminal according to claim 11, wherein the at least one favoritemessage comprises a second historical message, and wherein the secondhistorical message is received by the mobile terminal before the currentmoment.
 13. The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein the atleast one favorite message comprises a second historical message, andwherein the second historical message is sent by the mobile terminalbefore the current moment.
 14. The mobile terminal according to claim11, wherein the instructions further cause the mobile terminal to beconfigured to display the obtained favorite message on a favoritesinterface, and wherein the favorites interface is a part of the messageinteraction interface.
 15. The mobile terminal according to claim 11,wherein the instructions further cause the mobile terminal to beconfigured to display the obtained favorite message on a favoritesinterface, and wherein the favorites interface covers the messageinteraction interface.
 16. The mobile terminal according to claim 11,wherein the instructions further cause the mobile terminal to beconfigured to display the obtained favorite message on a favoritesinterface, and wherein the favorites interface is independent of themessage interaction interface.
 17. The mobile terminal according toclaim 11, wherein the message interaction interface further comprises amessage favorites bar, wherein the message favorites bar comprises thefavorites button, and wherein the instructions further cause the mobileterminal to: receive a second touch operation on the first historicalmessage, wherein the second touch operation is an operation of touchingthe first historical message and dragging the first historical messageto the message favorites bar; and mark the first historical message as afavorite message according to the second touch operation.
 18. The mobileterminal according to claim 17, wherein the message favorites bar islocated at a bottom of the message interaction interface.
 19. The mobileterminal according to claim 17, wherein the message favorites bar islocated at a top of the message interaction interface.
 20. The mobileterminal according to claim 17, wherein the message favorites bar islocated at one side of the message interaction interface.